A Novel Romance

This is a real story with heart and very little pretense. Both MC actors had very obvious chemistry. I highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in a deeper kind of romance. For a TV movie, it's there in many different ways. I see that it's for sale (as of this writing). For the first time ever, I'm going to buy a Hallmark movie since I want to be able to watch it again. And again... Thanks to everyone involved in this movie for what you created. You should all be proud.

There are many things about this movie that were good/very good: very good actors, good cinematography, good conflict, good choice of Portland, OR, and New York city locations (actually the movie may have been filmed elsewhere), and very good chemistry between the 2 lead actors. The only problem is the script, and it's a big problem. It's almost as if the screenwriter tried as hard as possible to write the most trite and cliché'd script possible. There's not one clever thing in this movie, not one surprise, nothing that would distinguish it from many, many similar romantic movies; well, except some of those movies at least try to put in a surprise, some unexpected twist, which then might lead to other interesting things, etc. Just a few changes to the plot, maybe some clever turn(s) or something humorous, could have made this movie far more successful.

Amy Acker gets another opportunity to present herself with her consistently busy career in television and movies. She stars in this typical romance drama as an aspiring writer reviewing books for a local newspaper. This predictable romance movie involves her character falling for the dashing, famous but anonymous writer that forms the basis of this movie like similar ones with the same plot outline. Both Amy and her co-star Dylan Bruce handle their performances competently with a smoothly written and edited script. Somehow this fun movie performs as expected even as it avoids becoming loaded down with redundant or repeatedly dull or boring scenes the audience has seen hundreds of times before. While not a breakout romance drama, the actors, director, and writers are able to carry this movie off as a worthwhile effort to be seen on Hallmark Movies Now.

This movie contains a pet peeve of mine. In real life you don't just walk up to your boss and say "today is my last day and I am starting my own business in direct competition to yours" And, then the boss smiles and wishes her well? Seriously? Otherwise this is not a bad movie for its type, even with the cheesy ending.

This movie really surprised me. When I read the premise I was quite skeptical, believing that this movie would be another one of Hallmark's cheesy rom-coms (not that that's a bad thing!) but I quality of this movie was great!

The lead actors were fantastic, particularly Amy Acker who delivered a great performance.

I thought the writing of this movie was really great, as it didn't end in the cliché way I thought it would. I liked that the characters faced more strife and trouble in their relationship than the average Hallmark romance.

9/10 stars. You lost the last star in the finale moment. Just a teensy bit corny. Otherwise a great flick. Recommended.